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Whats this???
ahreet. a few pictures of this i know its for the coolant as it says on the cap, question is whats it for and should it be gunked up like it is??
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haha it does look like cooper grease and feels like it lol i take it, it shouldnt be like that then. the reason i'm asking is because i am losing water but not sure where from? i think it could be from 1 of the the pipes on the water tank
possibly from the above. am hoping its not the heads that have gone. its getting pressure tested on the 29th of this month to find out if it is
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possibly from the above. am hoping its not the heads that have gone. its getting pressure tested on the 29th of this month to find out if it is
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Yup your expansion tank.......
Never seen one like that. you must have a problem somewhere or the cooling system has had serious neglect since the car was new
No it shouldnt be like this. it should be clean coolant. I have seen brown coolant but not like that.
Check your cap at the other side and see how that is mate
Do you have any cooling issues?
Never seen one like that. you must have a problem somewhere or the cooling system has had serious neglect since the car was new
No it shouldnt be like this. it should be clean coolant. I have seen brown coolant but not like that.
Check your cap at the other side and see how that is mate
Do you have any cooling issues?
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Yup your expansion tank.......
Never seen one like that. you must have a problem somewhere or the cooling system has had serious neglect since the car was new
No it shouldnt be like this. it should be clean coolant. I have seen brown coolant but not like that.
Check your cap at the other side and see how that is mate
Do you have any cooling issues?
Never seen one like that. you must have a problem somewhere or the cooling system has had serious neglect since the car was new
No it shouldnt be like this. it should be clean coolant. I have seen brown coolant but not like that.
Check your cap at the other side and see how that is mate
Do you have any cooling issues?
the car temp went abit high at the weekend did not over heat tho. filled the water tank up and the temp hasnt budged since, but im having to fill it up every day
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Having an issue with mine at the moment mate, Not sure if mine is HG related or not, not good .
How is your oil?
Mine all good and no overheatin just returns water to expansion tank now and again on boost.
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could be off the previous owner. i have never put nothing in it since i have had the car. the thing that gets me is people say that if you have water in your engine then the car wont run correct (as in miss fire) but the cars running fine pulls fine aswell. it has got me head battered lol.
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i had the same issues,the car would over heat on boost though and water would get forced out of the over flow,the water levels would drop dramatically although only a small amount seen coming out,there was no evidence of water and oil mixing,oil level stayed the same but when the engine was removed and i drained the oil,the sump was full of water,it turned out to be a cracked head!
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i had the same issues,the car would over heat on boost though and water would get forced out of the over flow,the water levels would drop dramatically although only a small amount seen coming out,there was no evidence of water and oil mixing,oil level stayed the same but when the engine was removed and i drained the oil,the sump was full of water,it turned out to be a cracked head!
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well looks like i found out where the water is coming from, heres a couple of pics of the water pump i removed. theres a hole where it looks as though the water has been coming out. put in a new water pump nd the leak has stopped for no any ways lol. Does any one why this hole is here and why all of a sudden it started to leak??
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hi matey the hole is there on purpose it is designed to alert the owner of the car that the internal seal on the pump is starting to fail and that the pump it self could seize/fail and should be replaced soon as, so replacing the pump is indeed what you need to do
would advice also that it would be a good time to flush out your system as well use garden hose in top hose disconnect bottum and watch the **** come out
remove expansion tank as well and give that a good clean as it looks like it needs it lol
would advice also that it would be a good time to flush out your system as well use garden hose in top hose disconnect bottum and watch the **** come out
remove expansion tank as well and give that a good clean as it looks like it needs it lol
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hi matey the hole is there on purpose it is designed to alert the owner of the car that the internal seal on the pump is starting to fail and that the pump it self could seize/fail and should be replaced soon as, so replacing the pump is indeed what you need to do
would advice also that it would be a good time to flush out your system as well use garden hose in top hose disconnect bottum and watch the **** come out
remove expansion tank as well and give that a good clean as it looks like it needs it lol
would advice also that it would be a good time to flush out your system as well use garden hose in top hose disconnect bottum and watch the **** come out
remove expansion tank as well and give that a good clean as it looks like it needs it lol
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